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New York State Education Department 



MINUTES OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 



NEW YORK STATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD 



HELD AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE 
NORMAL COLLEGE, ALBANY, DECEMBER 9, 191 1 



H3n-Dn-2Soo (7-10839) 



FEB 7 1912 



LC Control Number 



tmp96 026021 



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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE STATE 
EXAMINATIONS BOARD, DECEMBER 9, 191 1 

In response to a call issued by the Commissioner of 
Education, the sixth annual meeting of the New York 
State Examinations Board was held at the Education 
Department in the State Normal College, Albany, N. Y., 
December 9, 191 1. 

The meeting was called to order by the Commissioner 
of Education at 9.30 a. m. The list of members and 
representatives present is as follows: 
Hon. Andrew S. Draper, Commissioner of Education, 

presiding 
First Assistant Commissioner Augustus S. Downing 
Second Assistant Commissioner Charles F. Wheelock 
Third Assistant Commissioner Thomas E. Finegan 
Harry DeW. DeGroat of the Examinations Division, 

representing the Chief of the Examinations Division, 

Harlan H. Horner 
President Rush Rhees, of Rochester University 
Professor Jacob R. Street, representing Chancellor James 

R. Day of Syracuse University 
President John H. Finley of the College of the City of 

New York 
Rev. Edmund A. O'Connor of Little Falls 
Professor Adam Leroy Jones, representing President 

Nicholas Murray Butler 
Principal Walter B. Gunnison, Erasmus Hall High 

School, Brooklyn 
Principal Edward J. Goodwin, Packer Collegiate Institute, 

Brooklyn 
Principal Frank D. Boynton, Ithaca High School 
Associate City Superintendent Lamont F. Hodge of 

Yonkers 



Principal John H. Denbigh of the Morris High School, 
New York City, representing Associate City Superin- 
tendent Edward L. Stevens 
Superintendent Henry P. Emerson of Buffalo 
Superintendent Wilbur B. Sprague of Utica 
Superintendent Charles E. Gorton of Yonkers 
Superintendent Richard A. Searing of North Tonawanda 
Superintendent William H. Maxwell of New York City 

The following tabulation representing the results of 
examinations in high schools and academies in June 
191 1 was presented for the consideration of the board: 



Academic examinations in schools, June 191 1 

Owing to the loss of many January papers in the Capitol fire this report covers June examina- 
tions only 



SUBJECT 



English 

1st year 

2d year 

3d year 

3 years 

4th year 

4 years N. Y. C 

grammar 

hist. Eng. lang. and lit . 



Total 

Total except 1st and 2d year 



German 
1st year. 
2d year . 
3d year . 
4th year . 



Total 

Total except 1st year. 



French 
1st year. 
2d year. 
3d year. 
4th year . 



Total 

Total except 1st year. 



Spanish 
1st year. 
2d year. 
3d year . 



Total 

Total except 1st year. 



Italian 
1st year. 
2d year. 



Total 

Total except 1st year. 






19 466 

14 634 

9 709 

3 633 

9 944 

298 

7 J 

1 043 



66 574 
32 474 



to 483 

8 680 

3 938 

302 



23 403 
12 920 



4 092 

3 839 

1 454 

236 



9 621 
5 529 



57 

109 

61 



8.5 
4 9 



14.4 
6.0 
1 . 1 
1 .0 



°2 



26.9 

23- 

14.7 

7.2 
18.7 

3-7 
17.9 
20.0 



20.7 
15-9 



27.2 

20.2 

10.5 

3-3 



4-4 



5-9 
•5 
.6 

3-8 



1.8 
6.4 
3-3 



227 
170 



4-4 
5-2 



2.7 
.0 



105 
31 1 



19 
.0 



21.5 
16.9 



15-6 

4-3 
6-5 
8-5 



9-6 
5-i 



15.8 
11. 9 
16.4 



w 2 



28.2 
28.5 
27.2 

23' 7 

30.6 

21.8 
19.4 
25-7 



27.1 
25-9 



23.6 
27. 1 

23-4 
9.6 



24.7 
25.6 



24-5 
14.4 
17.2 
12.7 



M O 

go 



w g 

H 



24.7 
30.0 

33-9 
41-3 
26.5 
38.2 
19.2 
28.3 



27.9 
28.8 



22.5 
23.8 

34-4 
28.8 



19. 1 
151 



22.8 

17-5 
27.9 



14. 1 21.6 
13.6 21.2 



12.2 
6-5 



10.5 
6.5 



24-3 
3-2 



18. 1 
3 2 



25 

27 



32.3 
28.0 

36.5 
20.8 



310 
29.9 



31-6 
22.0 
3i-i 



26.9 
25-3 



25-7 
9-7 



20.9 
9 7 



°3 



6-5 
8.8 
21 .1 
27.0 
18.7 
36.3 
36.7 
10.4 



158 
24-5 



12.3 
22.9 
30.6 

57-3 



19.9 
26.0 



21 .7 
52.8 
39-2 
54-2 



37-5 
49 2 



28.0 
42.2 
21.3 



33-0 
34-7 



35-i 
80.6 



48.6 
80.6 






"•a 
o s 

£ J n 

. w o 



83 



87.7 
87.4 

83-4 
69.2 



86.6 
85.8 



79-3 
75-6 
86.7 
82.2 



78.5 
74 -o 



72.0 
67.0 
82.0 



72. 2: 

78.2 65.3 



77-4 19-4 



68.5J 

77. 4 1 19.4 



Academic examinations in schools, June 191 1 (r^ntinued) 



SUBJECT 



Hebrew 

1 st year 

2d year 

Total 

Total except 1st year 

Latin 

1st year 

grammar 

elem. composition 

2d year 

3d year 

4th year 

composition 

prose at sight 

verse at sight 

Total 

Total except 1st year 

Greek 

1st year 

grammar 

2d year 

3d year 

composition 

prose at sight 

verse at sight 

Total 

Total except 1st year 

Mathematics 

advanced arithmetic 

elementary algebra 

intermediate algebra. . . . 

advanced algebra 

plane geometry 

solid geometry 

trigonometry 

Total 

Total except elem. algebra 



d. £ 



590 
501 
490 
6lO 
176 
787 
46O 
292 
127 



35 039 
21 443 



81 

37 
214 
123 

42 

13 
6 



< a 



139 

2.4 

4-5 
2.9 
1.0 
1.9 
2.6 
22.7 
2.3 



ft, °° 

2i o 



516 
435 



454 
24 670 

4 776 
1 205 
14 in 
1 550 
1 468 



7-1 
2.6 



22.2 
.0 
6.1 
7-3 
7-i 
7-7 

33-3 



48 234 
23 564 



8.9 
6.4 



2.7 
18.3 
12.3 

17.4 

5-i 
14. 1 

18.8 



21. 1 
7.6 

11. 8 
9.6 
7.8 

12.0 
8.8 

26.7 

15.0 



14. 1 
9 7 



24.7 
.0 
19.6 
25.2 
14-3 
30.7 
.0 



13 -6 
8.6 



19.9 
19. 1 

6.8 
17. 1 

13-5 
22.2 
11. 4 

15-5 
16.3 



151 
12.9 



Sfi 



11 .1 
.0 






55-5 
.0 



10. o 
.0 



22.4 
16.2 

15-2 

18.4 

18.3 

26.2 

14-5 
17. 1 
11. 8 



20.2 
18.9 



16 

5 
26 

16 
7 



23.1 
24.4 



10. 1 
16.8 
16.4 
20.9 
16.7 
20.4 
18.0 



16.9 
17.0 



50.0 
.0 



22.9 
32.6 
26.7 
30.8 
31-3 
3i-i 
26.3 
10.6 
18. 1 



27-5 
30.5 



21.0 

24-3 
23-8 
10.6 
16.7 

7-7 
16.7 



19.2 
18.9 



24.0 
21 .2 
20.9 
19.7 

21.5 
21.8 
19.6 



21.2 
21.3 



a g 
ft, ° 

H £ 

§« 



33-4 
1 00.0 



40.0 
100. 



19.7 
41 .2 
41.8 

38.3 
41 .6 
28.2 
47-8 
22.9 
52.8 



3i 1 
38.4 



16.0 
70.2 
23.8 
25.2 
45-2 
46.2 
50.0 



28.9 
312 

56.4 
26.6 

36.9 
19.8 

45-3 
28.2 

27-3 



33-2 
40.2 



it 

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Si 

« 2 

. w o 



66.6 
100. o 



60.0 
1 00.0 



80.3 
71.6 
7i-3 
79-4 
74-9 
89.0 
80.0 
89.4 
79-5 



79-4 
78.2 



84.0 
38.6 
83.6 
80.4 
71.4 

61.5 
50.0 



77-7 
76-5 



62.1 

73-4 
70.9 
86.4 
65.0 
80.3 
77.6 



73-4 • 
69.0 598 



Academic examinations in schools, June 1911 {continued) 



SUBJECT 



Science 

physics 

chemistry 

biology 

elem. botany 

adv. botany 

elem. zoology 

adv. zoology 

physiology and hygiene. . 
physical geography 

Total 

Total except biology, elem 
botany, elem. zoology, and 
physiology and hygiene 

History and social science 

ancient, 3 hour 

ancient, 5 hour 

modern, I and II 

Gt. Britain & Ireland, 3 hr 
Gt. Britain & Ireland, 5 hr 

American with civics 

civics 

economics 

Total 

Commercial subjects 

elementary bookkeeping 

and business practice. . . 
advanced bookkeeping 

and office practice 

commercial arithmetic. . . 

commercial law 

history of commerce 

commercial geography . . . 
commercial English and 

correspondence 

business writing 

shorthand 1 

shorthand 2 

typewriting 

Total 

Total except elem. book- 
keeping, commercial law, 
commercial geography & 
shorthand 1 



E2 h 






9 714 
3 862 

11 34i 

5 56o 

243 

1 702 

154 
5 257 

2 867 



40 700 
16 840 

4 428 
8 711 

325 
3 720 

5 211 
8 702 

605 
728 



32 430 



6 433 



867 

695 

027 

66 

435 

636 
421 
467 
610 
272 



17 929 



7 567 



OS 1-1 

b. ° 

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2 



3-3 
8.6 
7.6 

H-3 
9-5 

12.3 
.6 

H-3 
2. 1 



10.5 



4-3 



5-2 



12.7 



II. o 
22.7 

18.0 

21 .O 
23.1 
21 .2 

5-9 
25-3 
10. 1 



22s 



20.7 



13-7 



14.2 

13-5 
20.3 
16.9 

H-3 
18. 1 
12.6 
21 .4 



15.6 



23.2 

19.6 

131 

21 .7 
16.7 

27-5 

21.5 

i-7 
22.8 
11. 7 

21 .7 



18.8 



6.0 12.3 



21. 

23-3 
28.5 
26.8 
23-8 
26.8 
13.0 
27.4 
21.9 



25-4 



236 
19.4 
21.8 
25.6 
21.3 
27.6 
26.1 
29.6 



°2 



24.4 

15-7 
28.8 

25-9 
14.0 

27-5 
22.1 
21. 1 
27.0 



23-5 



19.9 



19.2 



16.2 



21.8 



22.7 



40.6 
30.2 

35-1 

40.4 
28.3 

30.3 
30.2 
26. 1 



32.5 



19-5 

24-3 
23.1 
26.7 

22.7 
21 .0 

23.8 
26.1 

17-4 
10.8 

14.6 



20.8 



21.8 



°2 



39-5 
29.7 

17. 1 
15.0 
29.6 
12.2 

58.4 
11. 9 

38.9 



21.6 



37-2 



14-5 
32.0 
16.6 

12.8 

30.7 
19. 1 
29.4 
15-9 



232 



17-3 

25-9 
34-9 
10.4 
42.4 

10. 1 

21 .2 
62.4 

29-5 
63.1 

34-i 



28.5 



43 7 



t -i 

< m 
Si 

sh 

u z V 

■Ho 

Who 



70.5 

76.2 
82.9 
85.0 
85.6 
87.8 

72.0 

88.1 
76.8 



82.6 



73 1 



90 



84.8 



82.7 



70 



4 
7 
6 

7, 57. 



84-5 



87.0 



Academic examinations in schools, June 191 1 (concluded) 



SUBJECT 



Drawing 

elementary representation 

advanced design 

advanced representation . . 
mechanical drawing, 1 . . . 
mechanical drawing, 2 . . . 
mechanical drawing, 3 . . . 
mechanical drawing, 4 . . . 
architectural drawing .... 

Total 

Psychology 

History of education 

Total 

Music 

choral singing and rudi- 
ments 

harmony and counter- 
point 

musical form and analysis 

dictation and melody 
writing 

acoustics and history of 
music 

Total 

Total academic papers 

Total except for papers al- 
lowed on school ratings . . 



*£ 



12 331 
787 

1 599 

2 929 
482 

26 

1 

46 



18 201 



105 
360 



405 



55 55 
W W 
O H 



■4 

i-9 

1 . 1 

8.6 

5-0 

n-5 

.0 

19.6 



2.0 



1 .0 

2.2 



1 653 
295 107 

173 723 



9-7 

25-9 
33-4 

27.1 
10.7 



10.7 
8.9 






°3 



5-8 
10.7 

6.2 
26.4 
14.4 
30.8 
100. o 
152 



9.6 

14-3 
12. -9 



13- 1 



19-5 

29.7 
.0 



19.9 
21 .1 

18.2 

30.7 
24.0 
30.8 
.0 
26.1 



21.7 

23.8 
28.9 



4-8 13.4 



27.7 



22.8 

18.5 
8-3 



21.7 



°2 



29.2 
21.5 
15-3 
18.0 
20.8 

15-4 
.0 

6-5 



25.6 

35-2 
26.9 



28.8 



18.2 

18.5 
33-3 

13-6 

2.7 



17.4 
25.6 

27.2 



w g 



ft \1 



44-7 
44.8 
59-2 
16.3 
35-8 

H-5 

.0 
32.6 



41. 1 

25-7 
29.1 



28.4 



29.8 

7-4 
.0 

18.6 

70.6 



30.7 
25-5 

32.9 



£ a 
o 

w >. 
fcpq 

*Q 

& 3 o 
55 u ° 

"55T 

~w.2 



75-4 
91. 1 

76.3 
91.8 

74-9 
100. o 
100. 

93-4 



78.8 

94-3 

80.6 



83-7 



73-i 

92.6 

100. o 



29.4 



72.1 
81.8 

79-7 



&S 






55-3 
55-2 
40.8 

83.7 
64.2 
88.5 
1 00.0 
67.4 



58.9 

74-3 
70.9 



71.6 



70.2 

92.6 
1 00.0 

81.4 

29.4 



09-3 



67.1 



The schools claimed 81.8 per cent of all academic papers written. If papers 
upon which the Department accepts school ratings are included, 74.5 per cent 
of all academic papers written in the schools were accepted. 



On account of the absence through illness of Mr H. H. 
Horner, chairman of the committee on the continuance 
of Spanish, Italian and Hebrew examinations, Superin- 
tendent Gorton made an oral report favoring the con- 
tinuance of the examinations, which report was adopted. 

On motion of Dr Wheelock, it was 

Voted, That whenever a class in any foreign 
language, other than those in which examina- 
tions are now given, is formed in an accredited 
school in this State, the Department will con- 
sider the matter of giving credit toward creden- 
tials issued by the Department for such lan- 
guage, on the certificate of the teacher and 
principal of the school where it is taught. 

On motion of Dr Downing, it was 

Voted, That the report of the committee on 
English requirements, made at the 19 10 meeting 
of this board and published in the proceedings 
of that meeting, be taken from the table and 
that Superintendent William H. Maxwell and 
Principal Edward J. Goodwin be added to the 
committee ; that the committee be instructed to 
report at the next meeting of the board. 

On motion of Dr Downing, it was 

Voted, That a standing committee of five be 
appointed from this board to receive sugges- 
tions and to advise with reference to modifica- 
tions of the syllabuses. 

The following committee was appointed: Principal 
F. D. Boynton, Superintendent Wilbur B. Sprague, 
Principal E. J. Goodwin, Assistant Commissioner Charles 
F. Wheelock, Assistant Commissioner Thomas E. Finegan. 



A motion to reconsider the vote of iqio regarding the 
discontinuance of examinations in the first year of English 
and foreign languages was reconsidered, and, after dis- 
cussion, the motion was lost. 

On motion of Principal Denbigh, it was 

Voted, That the former practice of the 
Department in rating question papers in 
algebra be continued. 

On motion of Dr Wheelock, it was 

Voted, That trie committee on commercial 
subjects be divided, a separate committee being 
provided for typewriting, stenography, business 
writing and commercial English. 

On motion of Dr Downing, it was 

Voted, That the examination in Latin gram- 
mar hereafter be based on third year Latin 
instead of on second year Latin as heretofore. 

On motion of Dr Downing, it was 

Voted, That a committee of three be ap- 
pointed by the chairman to determine whether 
there are further subjects still upon the list of 
those in which we examine upon which exami- 
nation ratings given by the schools may be 
accepted by the Department without rerating. 

The following committee was appointed: Assistant 
Commissioner Augustus S. Downing, Superintendent 
William H. Maxwell, President Rush Rhees. 



II 



On motion of Principal Denbigh, it was 

Voted, That the examination in elementary 
prose composition be given in January 191 2 for 
the benefit of pupils who lack this subject for 
full credit in second year Latin. 

The following proposal for modification of the drawing 
work was presented: 

For the purpose of simplifying and putting in workable 
form the 19 10 syllabus in drawing, the following is 
proposed: 

1 Allow three counts for elementary design and three 
counts for elementary representation, requiring three 
periods a week for a school year for each, with an examina- 
tion at the end of each course. Neither of these courses 
can be finished in less than a year's time, no matter how 
many hours a week be taken. 

2 Allow four counts for advanced design and four 
counts for advanced representation, requiring four 
periods a week for a school year for each, but classes in 
advanced representation and advanced design are not 
to be organized except in accordance with the following 
conditions - 

a There shall be a specially trained teacher employed. 
(A trained teacher shall have had at least two 
years of special art training or its equivalent.) 

b The course shall be submitted to the Education 
Department for approval and the school shall 
receive inspection. 

c There shall be no State examination in this advanced 
work. Knowledge of principles will have been 
tested in the first six periods of work. Advanced 



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drawing is but a broader application of these 
principles and examinations of less time than two 
hours for each question are of little value; thus, 
State examinations are impracticable. 

On motion of Dr Downing, it was 

Voted, That action thereupon be deferred 
until next year and that in the meantime a 
committee of three be appointed to consider 
the subject and report at the next meeting of 
the board. 

The following committee was appointed: Principal 
Walter B. Gunnison, Superintendent Herbert S. Weet, 
Chief of the Examinations Division H. H. Horner. 

Superintendent Boynton presented a communication 
from Professor Hollis E. Dann, member of the Music 
Council, submitting the following resolutions passed by 
the music section of the State Teachers Association at 
its 191 1 meeting: 

Resolved, That high school pupils preparing to enter 
the normal and training classes shall be required to pass 
the Regents examinations in rudiments of music and 
chorus singing, melody writing and dictation. 

Resolved, That graduates of training schools and train- 
ing classes shall be required to pass an examination in 
music. 

Resolved, That State inspection of the music of the 
public and professional schools would be most desirable. 

On motion of Superintendent Boynton, it was 

Voted, That this communication be referred 
to a special committee of the board for a report 
at the next meeting. 



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The following committee was appointed: Chancellor 
James R. Day, Superintendent Henry P. Emerson, 
Superintendent Richard A. Searing. 

On motion, duly seconded, the Commissioner of Educa- 
tion appointed the following committee to name sub- 
committees to prepare question papers for the year 191 2 : 

Superintendent William H. Maxwell 

President Rush Rhees 

Professor Adam Leroy Jones 

Principal Frank D. Boynton 

First Assistant Commissioner Augustus S. Downing 

Second Assistant Commissioner Charles F. Wheelock 

Third Assistant Commissioner Thomas E. Finegan 

This committee presented the following report, which 
was adopted: 

English 

Gilbert S. Blakely, First Assistant in English, Morris 

High School, New York City 
Dartmouth, B.A., M.A.; Harvard, M.A. 

Lewis F. Mott, Professor of the English Language and 

Literature, College of the City of New York 
College of the City of New York, B.S., M.S.; Columbia, Ph.D. 

Avery W. Skinner, State Inspector of Schools, Educa- 
tion Department 
Syracuse, B.A. 

Latin 

William H. Edwards, Boys High School, Brooklyn 
Williams, B.A. 

Nelson Glemi McCrea, Professor of Latin, Columbia 

University 
Columbia, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 

S. Dwight Arms, State Inspector of Schools, Education 

Department 
Hamilton College, M.A. 



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Greek 



Ernest L. Meritt, Principal of High School, Gloversville 
Wesleyan University, B.A.; Yale, M.A. 

George P. Bristol, Professor of Greek, Cornell Univer- 
sity 
Hamilton, B.A., M.A. Graduate student in Johns Hopkins, 
Heidelberg, and Leipzig 

Horace L. Field, Examiner, State Education Depart- 
ment 
Cornell, B.A.; Columbia, M.A. 

Hebrew 

Max Radin, Newtown High School, New York City 
College of the City of New York, B.A.; New York University, 
LL.B.; Columbia, Ph.D. 

Charles P. Fagnani, Associate Professor of the Old 
Testament Languages and Literature, Union Theo- 
logical Seminary 
College of the City of New York, B.A., B.S.; Columbia, LL.B.; 
Western Reserve, D.D. 

Loring W. Batten, Professor of Old Testament Litera- 
ture and Interpretation, General Theological Semi- 
nary 
Harvard, B.A.; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.; Hobart, 
S.T.D. 

German 

Helen M. Knox, Head of German Department, Ithaca 

High School 
Cornell, B.A.; University of Berlin, special course 

Herman C. G. Brandt, Professor of German, Hamilton 

College 
Hamilton, B.A., Ph.D.; Colgate, L.H.D. 

William R. Price, State Inspector of Schools, Edu- 
cation Department 
Cornell, B.A.; Columbia, Ph.D. Graduate student in Berlin 
and Paris 



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French 

Anna C. Blunt, Ph.M., Head of Modern Language 

Department, Schenectady High School 
Educated at Universities of Michigan,. Glasgow and Oxford 

Charles A. Downer, Professor of Romance Languages, 

College of the City of New York 
College of the City of New York, B.A.; Columbia University, 
Ph.D. 

William R. Price, State Inspector of Schools, Edu- 
cation Department 
Cornell, B.A.; Columbia, Ph.D. Graduate student in Berlin 
and Paris 



Spanish 

Earl S. Harrison, Instructor in Spanish, Commercial 

High School, Brooklyn 
University of Toronto, B.A. 

Clarence K. Moore, Professor of the Romance Lan- 
guages, University of Rochester 
Harvard, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 

Sara C. Knox, Examiner, State Education Department 
Cornell, M.A. 



Italian 

Harry A. Potter, Department of German, Girls High 

School, Brooklyn 
Harvard, B.A.; University of Leipzig, one year; University of 
Rome, one year; The Sorbonne, one year; University of 
Madrid, one year 

Charles W. Cabeen, Professor of the Romance Lan- 
guages, Syracuse University 
Universities of Wisconsin, Harvard, Chicago, Grenoble 
|(France). Holds degree of Doctuer de l'Universite 

Annie T. Keyser, State Education Department 

Vassar, one year; Cornell, two years 



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History and economics 



Ernest E. Smith, Assistant in Biology, Boys High 

School, Brooklyn 
Amherst, B.A. 

George L. Burr, Professor of Medieval History, Cornell 

University 
Cornell, B.A. ; Wisconsin and Washington Colleges, LL.D.; 
Western Reserve, Lit.D. 

Eugene W. Lyttle, State Inspector of Schools, Educa- 
tion Department 
Hamilton, B.A., Ph.D. 



Mathematics 

Arthur E.' Newton, Teacher of Mathematics, Utica Free 

Academy 

Hamilton, MA. 

Herbert E. Hawkes, Professor of Mathematics, Colum- 
bia University 
Yale, B.A., Ph.D. 

Elmer E. Arnold, State Inspector of Schools, Education 

Department 
Colgate, B.A. 



Physics 

W. Smith Thomas, Central High School, Buffalo 
Geneseo Normal School 

Henry E. Lawrence, Professor of Physics, Rochester 

University 
Rochester, B.A. 

Everett O'Neill, Senior Examiner in Science, State 

Education Department 
Cornell, Ph.B. 



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Chemistry 



W. J. Hancock, Teacher of Chemistry, Erasmus Hall 

High School, Brooklyn 
University of Maine, M.S. 

Charles Baskerville, Professor of Chemistry, College of 

the City of New York 
University of North Carolina, B.S., Ph.D. 

Charles N. Cobb, State Inspector of Schools, Education 

Department 
Syracuse, B.A., M.A. 



Biology 

William D. Funkhouser, Headmaster in Biology, High 

School, Ithaca. 
Wabash College, B.A. 

William D. Merrell, Assistant Professor of Biology, 

University of Rochester 
Rochester, B.A.; University of Chicago, Ph.D. 

Arthur G. Clement, State Inspector of Schools, Educa- 
tion Department 
Rochester, B.A. 



Physical geography 

Daniel R. Campbell, Free Academy, Utica 
Hamilton, B.A., M.A. 

Albert P. Brigham, Professor of Geology, Colgate 

University 
Harvard, M.A. 

Charles N. Cobb, State Inspector of Schools, Education 

Department 
Syracuse, B.A., M.A. 



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Commercial subjects 

Group i a ' 

Frederick G. Nichols, West High School, Rochester 

F. P. Baltz, First Assistant in Commercial Department, 

Eastern District High School, Brooklyn 
New York University, LL.B. 

W. E. Bartholomew, State Inspector of Schools, Edu- 
cation Department 

Westchester State Normal School, Westchester, Pa. 

Group 2 

William E. Weafer, Principal of Commercial Depart- 
ment, Central High School, Buffalo 

Horace G. Healey, High School of Commerce, New 

York City 
Valparaiso College, B.S. 

W. E. Bartholomew, State Inspector of Schools, Educa- 
tion Department 
Westchester State Normal School, Westchester, Pa. 

Drawing 

C. V. Kirby, Director of Art Instruction, Buffalo 

Union College and Art Students League, New York 

Frank von der Lancken, Superintendent, Department 
of Applied and Fine Arts, Mechanics Institute, 

Rochester 

Pratt Institute, Art Students League, Julian Academy of 
Paris and Academy Carboroni of Paris 

Royal Bailey Farnum, State Education Department 
Graduate, Massachusetts Normal Art School 



£ Group i Elementary bookkeeping and business practice, ad- 
vanced bookkeeping and office practice, commer- 
cial arithmetic, commercial law, history of com- 
merce, and commercial geography. 

* Group 2 Commercial English and correspondence, business 
writing, shorthand, I and 2, and typewriting. 



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Music 

Edwin S. Tracy, Morris High School, New York City 

Hollis E. Dann, Professor of Music, Cornell University 
Alfred University, Mus. D. 

Julia E. Crane, State Normal School, Potsdam 
Graduate State Normal School, Potsdam 

For college graduate professional certificate 
Psychology, history of education, principles of education 
and methods of teaching 

Jacob R. Street, Dean of Teachers College, Syracuse 

University 
Victoria University, B.A.; Toronto University, M.A.; Clark 
University, Ph.D. 

Henry Suzzallo, Professor of the Philosophy of Educa- 
tion, Teachers College, Columbia University 
Leland Stanford Jr University, B.A.; Columbia University, 
M.A., Ph.D. 

Charles DeGarmo, Professor of the Science and Art of 

Education, Cornell University 
University of Halle, Ph.D. 

Preacademic 

English, history and spelling 

Erie L. Ackley, Superintendent of Schools, Johnstown 
Syracuse University, Ph.B., Ph.M., Pd.B. 

John D. Wilson, Principal of Putnam School, Syracuse 

Randolph T. Congdon, State Inspector of Schools, 

Education Department 

Syracuse, M.A. 

Arithmetic and geography 

Seward S. Travis, Principal of High School, Greenport 

William S. Maxson, Principal of School 20, Yonkers 
Alfred, Ph.B. 

Jeremiah M. Thompson, Principal State Normal School, 

Potsdam 
Colgate, Ph.B.; State Normal College, Pd.D. 



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Voted, That there be a standing committee of 
the board, to be appointed at each annual 
meeting, to be known as the Committee on 
Final Revision. 

The following committee was appointed: 

Assistant Commissioner Augustus S. Downing 
Assistant Commissioner Charles F. Wheelock 
Assistant Commissioner Thomas E. Finegan 
Chief of the Examinations Division, H. H. Horner 
Superintendent Charles E. Gorton 
Rev. Edmund A. O'Connor 
Superintendent Herbert S. Weet 
Superintendent William H. Maxwell 

On motion, it was 

Voted, That a special committee, consisting of 
Superintendent Maxwell, President Rhees and 
President Finley, be appointed to report to the 
Commissioner of Education within the next 
three months, a plan for an educational museum, 
to be established in the Education Building 
connected with the State Education Depart- 
ment. 



The meeting adjourned. 



Chas. F. Wheelock 

Secretary 



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